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W. H. JOHNSON 8a O. C. MANN.

CLOTHES PIN.

Patented June 22, 1886.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. JOHNSON AND ONSLOW C. MANN, OF DELHI, NEW YORK, AS- SIGNORS OF ONETHIRD TO GEORGE E. MARVINE, OF SAME PLACE.

CLOTH ES-PIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 344,110, dated June 22, 1886.

Application filed October 29, 1885. Serial No. 181,263.

To aZZ whom, it may concern,.-

Be it known that we, VILLIAM H. JOHN- soN and ONsLow C. MANN, citizens of the United States, residing at Delhi, in the county of Delaware and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Pins; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Our invention has for its object to provide a novel and simplified construction in that (No model.)

plate A, the end pressed down below the surface ofthe hooks, thereby forming a space for the reception of the line, and at the same time serves to retain the pin firmly in position by the tension of said spring.

In the operationl of our invention it is only necessary to take the pin or hook into the hand and place the line against t-he spring B, between the hooks a a, then press the pin or hook gently, downward until the line enters the hooks, where it will be retained by the reaction of spring B. 4 y

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A clothespin consisting of a single piece of 45 

